and "time" analyst mark halperin. and nbc contributor and all-around great guy, mike barnicle. sam, if i said the words "milli vanilli" and put them together, you wouldn't know what i was talking about. >> that's true. i wasn't alive. >> were you alive for milli vanilli? >> "blame it on the rain." >> that's pretty good. halperin, come on. this is huge. >> i'm all good with it. >> beyonce -- you're fine with it. it's okay. >> it's performance. it's just performance. >> she still sang it. >> yeah. also, you know what? she looked great. she added a lot of electricity. >> what does that have to do with anything? sing the song. >> well, here's my question. the marine band said they did not have time to rehearse. and i worked the weekend, i was on the hill, kelly clarkson rehearsed, other people rehearsed. i'm a huge beyonce fan. if you're going to sing at the inauguration, how do you not have time to rehearse? >> it's the biggest stage in the world. >> yeah. you've got to put it out there live. it's not a big deal, but i think a lot of people were disappointed to know that in the moment

barnicle. his outfit. >> what's up, mike? >> and former democratic congressman, harold ford junior. >> good morning. >> we'll do that later, alex. also, we have this obesity story, coca-cola making changes. i love that. >> they're putting more sugar in. >> no. do you know what they're doing? any know the story? >> yeah, i do. >> they're getting ready for the lawsuits? >> come on. helping america. coming up with smaller cans, 140 calories. >> are people suing coke? >> i think there will be major lawsuits, much like tobacco, against junk food manufacturers and soda pop makers, but they're going to try and mitigate that. >> see what's on today? one month after 20 6 and 7 year-olds were slaughtered, the daily news, i don't know, it's sickening, the daily news talks about how the nra has put out a new app that allows young children and everybody ages 4 and up, to use assault weapons on an iphone app. at an early age, i guess. >> someone sent me the apps available on iphones and other phones. >> how sick is this? how sick are these people running a great organization, proud organization? how sick

"relief for rockaway" tonight at 6:30 p.m.. >> mike barnicle? >> i learned what we just saw, the piece that lewis did that we showed earlier, nothing can prepare you for the reality of the devastation in the rockaways. and in new jersey as well from sandy. nothing can compare. pictures don't even get close to it. >> and time goes by, but these people are still in this reality right now. so please logon to the website and help out any way you can. >> no doubt about it, we've got to do everything we can. you know, the news trucks left, but the suffering remains there. something i saw along the gulf coast and now they're seeing it first hand on long island and certainly new jersey. so, again, for more information, visit reliefforrockaway.com and help out anyway you can. if it's way too early, what time is it? >> that would mean it's time for "morning joe," but right now it's time for our old pal, chuck todd. chuck?! >>> thank you, brother mike. four miles, the rough distance between the u.s. capitol and the pentagon. it can feel like a lot longer than that for chuck hagel today, as republ

. we have david gregory, chris matthews a cast of thousands. let's start with mike barnicle and john meachem. >> also michael steele. good to have you here michael. and mnbc chief foreign affairs correspondent, andrea mitchell. >> look at those uggs. >> i got to be outside all day. this is my only warm moment. >> i'm impressed. they look great. >> hardly fashionable. >> mika are you excited? compare today to how you felt four years ago. >> yeah but i think it's measured. and i think that's actually probably the tone the white house is taking at this point. there's a lot to be done. and a lot of things that have happened that i think need to be grown on or corrected, given the first four years. but it's always an exciting day to be able to be a part of witnessing history as it happens here in washington. it's an amazing day. >> john the second term i don't care what the counterintuitive historians and essayists say, the second term is so much more difficult than the first term. you're racing to the midterms where after that you know you're, in effect a lame duck. >> starting at 12:01

on set we have msnbc contributor mike barnicle and msnbc political analyst and former chairman of the republican national party when there was a republican national party and al hunt and anchor for world news, america katty kay. the reviews are in. >> the reviews are in. >> it was a liberal speech for a liberal constituency. the left is saying that, the center is saying that and the right is saying that. the only thing i've seen all week since being here any progressive shot of middle america, the conservative america, has been this morning when al hunt wore cowboy boots. >> i saw that. why is that? >> i saw the talk about you going sockless and mika told me i couldn't match your legs. >> you covered it up. the reviews are in. >> the reviews are in and we will show parts of the speech and the day yesterday as well. certainly, there are a lot of questions as to where we go from here and where does the republican party go from here. listen to this, there is some agreements among pundits about the goal of the president's speech. the "new york times" said this. the president made a fo